Buchwald Hires Ivo Fischer as Head of Unscripted Talent & Content

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has come on board for the second year to support the Short Film Camp, a film industry training program for professionals from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The SFC is led by Purin Pictures, a film funding body backed by the Purin Foundation. The event, running for ten days (Dec. 2-12, 2022) in Bangkok, Thailand, will involve 12 teams of directors and producers. The 24 participants will receive mentoring that aims to hone their writing, producing and directing skills. The workshop culminates in a live pitch of their short film projects, where four winners will receive funding and post-production support to produce their short films.

Roving gangs have gained power throughout Haiti over the past 15 months in the wake of former President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, blockading essential ports and terrorizing citizens who are increasingly in need of basic supplies like food and medicine.  The Biden administration announced this week that it will deploy security assistance to Haiti's National Police and issue visa restrictions on Haitian officials involved with gangs.  The move falls short of "a specialized armed force" that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry requested from the international community, an action that U.S. Sen.

The U.S. government will pull visas belonging to current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organizations as well as provide security and humanitarian assistance to Haiti, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Three illegal immigrants caught and released at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as a fourth person, a U.S. citizen previously released on cashless bail, have been charged in New York’s Long Island for carrying out a hate-fueled robbery ring allegedly targeting members of the Indian community.  Brayan Alexis Ortiz-Ramos, 20, Daniel Esteban Jimenez-Carrillo, 30, Gersson Jhoan Hernandez-Gomez, 33, all born and raised in Columbia, as well as Justin Mora-Soto, 20, who was born in the U.S.

Khloé Kardashian‘s surgeon, Dr. Garth Fisher, is speaking out after removing a tumur on Khloe’s face. Thanking the 38-year-old Good American co-founder for allowing him to operate on her, Fisher said it felt like he was operating on “his own daughter,” before sharing his relief that Khloe was able to get past the health scare.

Khloe Kardashian's surgeon, Dr. Garth Fisher, is speaking out after removing a tumor on Khloe's face. Thanking the 38-year-old Good American co-founder for allowing him to operate on her, Fisher said it felt like he was operating on «his own daughter,» before sharing his relief that Khloe was able to get past the health scare.«Dear Khloe, @khloekardashian, you and your family have been dear to me for a very long time.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand. Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – GMM Studios, International, GDH, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers. Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham (“Beautiful Boxer,” “Pleasure Factory”) and will stream from mid-November.

WFMZ. CNN’s article about the visit, on which Coren shares a byline, was still online.Both CNN reporters were in the country on tourist visas and were not authorized to work in Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post.

Haiti is preparing to seek military assistance from the international community to confront gangs that have blocked the country's principal fuel port, the Miami Herald reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the decision. The government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry plans to make the written request on Friday to allied nations, without specifying where the troops should come from, the Herald reported.

Parents collapsed into tears and in a faint on the grounds of a temple in northeastern Thailand on Friday after they were reunited with their slain children. The bodies of the victims were brought to various temples where they were identified by their parents.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s romance is continuing to fizzle. A source tells ET that the 45-year-old quarterback is having a hard time dealing with the idea of potentially losing his family.  “Tom isn't taking things well,” the source says.

A mass shooting at a daycare center in northeast Thailand Thursday afternoon left more than 30 people dead, including children, police said.  The gunman, believed to be a former police officer, took his own life, police said.  The deaths include at least 23 children, two teachers and a police officer.  (AP) The shooting happened in the province of Nongbua Lamphu.  Mass shootings are rare in Thailand but in 2020, 29 people were killed in a shooting spree by a disgruntled soldier.  This is a breaking story.

Uh oh! If Tom Brady wants to save his marriage, he better hurry up and try something — because Gisele Bündchen is halfway out the door already!

Sending a message? Gisele Bündchen was photographed without her wedding ring the same day Us Weekly confirmed she and Tom Brady have hired divorce lawyers.

Michael Waldron must have a pretty damn good relationship with Kevin Feige, huh? Not only did Waldron write the first season of “Loki,” which got immediately renewed for Season 2, but he also went on to script “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” As if that wasn’t enough, the writer is also attached to Kevin Feige’s reported “Star Wars” film.